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Does anyone remember Michael Symon's show on PBS?

maybe 10, 15 years ago? he had a cooking show with another guy, older chef, and they featured Eastern European dishes, and I really liked the show. Low key, as most PBS shows are, and he just always seemed like a very nice, self-deprecating, humble and talented guy. I can't find anything online about it, everything is about his more recent successes. Was it maybe called Melting Pot? Although that was on Food Network, and it was not his own show.... anyone?

yeah, i mentioned Melting Pot in my OP, and that that was a FN show.... so you're saying there was no PBS show, the Melting Pot show is what I'm remembering? If so, it was a very un-FN show, although this was early on....

what i'm saying is i didn't think that was the show, i thought he had his own show, not that he was just a guest on that show. it appears he hosted it about 100 times, which would account for me thinking it was his own.... and as for it being different, i mean that it was a subdued show, not a lot of loud music, no fast cut-aways, no flash... the older PBS shows were like that.

He's still giggling (to my extreme annoyance). Check him out in any episode of The Chew, on ABC during the day at 1:00 PM. I like the show, but I really wish he'd stop that incessant giggling at practically every comment.

Have to say, though, that I did enjoy Symon and Brachman doing that show (Melting Pot), which featured Eastern European recipes. Their banter sometimes was a little too much, but I did enjoy their anecdotes about food from various areas of Eastern Europe.